“I’ll hate the goodbye, but I won’t forget the good times” Colorado always holds something special with every visit and this time that was all of the great conversations I had with all these amazing people that I have known for years and people that I just met. Those conversations really shaped this visit for me and honestly made it hard to leave. Thank you Coert for continuing to be one of my closest friends and being there for me. I appreciate you more than you know. Thanks for the good times and for introducing me to some amazing people. I can’t wait to come back and visit again. Hopefully it won’t be two years until I come back this time. See you soon#Colorado#TheRockieMountains#EstesPark#Loveland#FortCollins#Walruses#Volcano#AllTimeLow

#IvoryTrade... You’ve heard it before. The Ivory Trade is concept known by most people in the world, but guess what!! It’s still happening!! 🌏🐘•••#Ivory , by definition, is a hard white substance that makes up the #tusks and #teeth of #animals . Since long ago, ivory has been used for art as it is very easy to carve into, as well as manufacturing. Some cultures even believe that it has medical properties. 🐘🐘🐘•••Ivory can be found in #narwhals , #whales , #walruses , and most famously... #Elephants . 🦏🐘🐋•••According to #WWF, the international trading of ivory has been banned and many countries have their own laws to deal with ivory trade as well as poaching. (A lot of the laws, however, are very ineffective)🐘🐘•••According to #WorldAnimalDay , elephants are endangered and in their way to extinction because of poaching. In #poaching , the tusks of elephants are taken from the animal. In most cases, the elephant is killed. Based on #gruesome images, you can see that in obtaining the tusks, the face of the poor animal is also cut off. Some poachers cut off only the tusk, but soon, the animal will die without its protection. 🌏🌎•••The same source also claims that elephant numbers have dropped by 62% in the last decade. 🐘•••Many #sanctuaries exist throughout #Africa in the hopes of protecting elephants from extinction. They also take in elephants who have had their tusks taken away and protect them. 🐘🦏•••Again, while many laws forbid the practice of Ivory poaching in order to save the dying specie, other means of protection are still being figured out. That’s crazy to think, right? The world is struggling to find solutions to the problem, to protect such innocent creatures, when the issue is humans. This isn’t some natural disaster that’s wiping out our elephant populations, it’s humans looking for profit. And yet, it’s a hard enough problem to fix. 🌎🐘🌏•••In some countries of Africa and #Asia, armed guards have to actually follow herds of elephants to protect them from poachers!🐘•••Help protect our #innocent animals by not buying anything from the Ivory market! Save the elephants! 🌎🌏🐘